People Fixing The World Episodes Episode guide
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How to Be a Better Mum in Jail
A project in the US puts doulas into prisons to give babies a good start in life.
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Would You Rent Your Clothes?
Would you rent your clothes?
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The Stickers that Save Lives
How the stickers on bus windows are cutting accidents in Kenya
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Turning Haiti鈥檚 Plastic Trash into Cash
Can 鈥渟ocial plastic鈥 keep the oceans clean and fight poverty too?
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Turning Goats into Water
We travel to rural Pakistan to find an innovative scheme.
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Getting Help in Emergencies in Super-Quick Time
The man getting emergency help to accidents using just a mobile phone. And Plastic Roads.
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Greener In Death
How 鈥渨ater cremation鈥 offers a new way of dealing with dead bodies.
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Helping Disabled People With Sex
The group in Taiwan helping disabled people to fulfil their sexual needs.
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The Data Donators
Can the wisdom of the crowd answer a two thousand year old question?
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Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly
Could postal workers help solve the social care crisis?
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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
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Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways
A scheme to solve the problem of human waste disposal in Haiti.
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Checking out the Solar Hotel
How China鈥檚 'sun king' dreamed of cities built of solar panels
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Moving in with Refugees
How young Dutch people and Syrian refugees are becoming housemates
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How China is Cleaning its Air
A special programme exploring how China is finding ways to cut air pollution.
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The Voter Lottery
Can you increase turnout at elections by handing out a cash prize for one lucky voter?
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Denmark鈥檚 Food Waste Vigilante
Meet the woman who鈥檚 made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
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The Sun Water Solution
One man鈥檚 mission to produce potable water by using sunlight and plastic bottles
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Lend Me Your Eyes
How apps and armchair volunteers are helping blind people around the world.
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The War On Fake News
How to fact-check the internet in a post-truth age.
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Superblocks to the Rescue?
How they are redesigning the road system to reclaim the city from cars in Barcelona
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An Unlikely House Share
How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.
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Jobs for Syrian Refugees
Why they are handing out work permits to refugees in Jordan
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Cloud Catchers In Peru
Can catching fog solve the global water crisis?
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Respect My Remittances
Smarter ways for migrants to have control over how their cash is being used back home
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鈥楤ribing鈥 Mums To Feed Their Kids
How they鈥檙e giving cash, with strings attached, to poor mothers in Peru.
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Teaching Kids To Think
What happens when you teach kids how to think for themselves?
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Reducing US Police Shootings
How a new training system could reduce deadly police shootings in the US
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Cloud Catchers In Peru
Can catching fog solve the global water crisis?
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Cash Cards for Syrian Refugees
Is it better to give refugees money, not food?